Norway's 4x10-km cross-country relay team did not just have to contend with the other 13 teams in the field in Sunday's race — it also had to ski with its nation demanding an Olympic gold medal that it had not won since 2002.
The quartet delivered that gold in a thrilling race, with the last leg anchored by the callow, confident Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo, who held his nerves before a spurt that will immediately go down in Norwegian sporting history.
"I didn't sleep well last night and I haven't eaten much either, but at the end it's just a normal ski race and you have to just take it down to the simple things," the ice-cool Klaebo told Reuters.